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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The closer the actor approaches what, the more requirements he is asked to separate, understand and fulfill simultaneously?
(a) Rehearsing.
(b) Experimenting.
(c) Reading.
(d) Performing.

2. One of the pioneer figures in the movement towards a renewed Shakespeare was whom?
(a) Samuel Beckett.
(b) Michael Crandon.
(c) William Poel.
(d) Bertolt Brecht.

3. Which country produced a television version of Ubu Roi which captivated the audience with its surrealism?
(a) France.
(b) Czechoslavakia.
(c) Israel.
(d) Britain.

4. "Whenever one has a real critical flop, for the remainder of the run there is always a small audience of..." what?
(a) Haters.
(b) Grand critics.
(c) Cautious ticketpayers.
(d) Great enthusiasm.

5. Who allegedly saw a play for the first time in their lives and were confronted with Waiting for Godot with no problem at all in following what, to regular theatre-goers, was incomprehensible?
(a) San Quentin prisoners.
(b) The Chinese army.
(c) School children.
(d) A circus troupe.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Brecht recognized this and in his last years he surprised his associates by saying that the theatre must be ____."

2. In the cinema, who, according to the author, has single-handedly brought about a revolution by showing how relative the reality of a photographed scene can be?

3. "Just as in life the wearing of old clothes can start as defiance and turn into a posture, so ______ can become an end in itself."

4. What is the "lie" that the secret patronage of going to the theatre is?

5. In performance, what is the relationship the author establishes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the difference in world view between Brecht and Shakespeare?

2. What is the audience's role in a final production?

3. What does the author say of change and liberation regarding "The Rough Theatre"?

4. What does the author write in regard to the power of laughter in "The Rough Theatre"?

5. How does the author describe the difference between staging in "rough" theatre versus traditional theatre?

6. What does the author describe happening when a Brechtian approach is applied to other works?

7. How does the author view Method acting?

8. How does the author describe the difference between "Rough Theatre" and "Holy Theatre"?

9. How does the author feel that Brecht approaches the "Holy"?

10. Who is Bertolt Brecht and what was his major contribution to the modern theatre?

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